ARTEMISIA47's Blogs

In January of this year I finally decided to get myself back in shape and back to a good weight. Initially I started doing Weight Watchers on my own at home but I soon started tracking on Spark People and have used SP as my mainstay since then.... Read more

Life has generally been good for me - I have a happy family, a loving husband, good friends, a job.... I am generally an upbeat person who bounces back pretty well from adversity. But this weekend my closest friend was in a terrible car accid... Read more

I am beginning week 17 of SP and am down 18.5 pounds -it's been slow but at least steady. Been stuck for the past three weeks at one pound away from goal - finally down another 1/2 pound this week. Yay! Hopefully next week I will finally hit ... Read more

This past month has been a difficult one - both of my parents have ended up in the hospital for different reasons and for the first time I am realizing that they are getting on in years. As I reached my 50's and so many of my friends began losi... Read more

I have always been an emotional eater - food has been solace as well as reward, the solution for sadness or euphoria. I recognize it intellectually and much of the time I can counter the impulse, but every once in a while it creeps up on me and... Read more

Am at the tail end of my 11th week on Spark People and looking back see how much I have changed in less than 3 months. It has been a particularly stressful week for me and in the past stress has brought on migraines, anxiety attacks, IBS, etc. ... Read more

I'm an old hand at weight loss - a yo-yo dieter for nearly all of my adult life, I first lost 40 pounds with Weight Watchers nearly 20 years ago when I was nearing my 35th birthday. Kept it off for almost 10 years and then I hit early menopause... Read more